Saturday, August 15, 2026
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, TASS informs. The liftoff was broadcast live by SpaceX on its website. This is Dragon’s 20th flight to the ISS as part of the NASA program of commercial cargo deliveries to the...
Russia’s low-cost carrier Pobeda has canceled flights to Italy (Bergamo, Rome, Rimini, Pisa and Treviso) scheduled for March 11 through 31 after the Italian government imposed a virtual lockdown across some provinces, the airline said in a statement on Sunday, TASS reported. "Low-cost airline Pobeda, the arm of the Aeroflot...
Uzbekistan will join the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as an observer-state before deciding if it wants to become a full member of the trade bloc, the country’s government said on Saturday, according to local news agency Fergana. The union established by Russia and allies Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2015...
Major oil producing nations including majors Russia and Saudi Arabia failed to agree on supply cuts aimed at addressing the collapse in global demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak, effectively ending the alliance known as OPEC+, Reuters reported. The OPEC cartel led by Saudi Arabia on Thursday had proposed a...
Annual inflation in Russia has eased to 2.2 percent in February, according to the median estimate of 20 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Statistics show that price growth briefly fell to that level in 2018. The Bank of Russia has cut its key rate in February by 25 basis points, from...
London-listed credit card supplier TCS, founded by Oleg Tinkov, saw its shares plummet on Friday after the U.S. Department of Justice charged the Russian businessman with fraud and demanded his extradition from Britain, The Financial Times reported. Shares of TCS (Tinkoff Credit Systems) group were showing a loss of more...
Russian mobile operators will not be able to use the frequencies that they already have for the deployment of 5G networks, Bankir.ru reports. The State Commission for Radio Frequencies was expected to issue permission to use the frequencies that are now occupied by 2G, 3G, and LTE. However, after the...
Russian state-run airline Aeroflot will suspend flights from Moscow to Hong Kong on March 7, while the last flight from Hong Kong will be made on March 8, Business Traveler reported citing a company statement.  The Russian flag carrier did not officially explain the reasons behind this decision, although it...
Russian stock indices accelerated the decline caused by fears over the coronavirus outbreak and uncertainty about oil prices during the Friday trading session on the Moscow Exchange, VZ.ru reported.  The ruble-denominated RTS Index lost 5.6% and declined to 1,250.4 points, according to trading data. The MOEX Russia Index fell 4.3% to...
Russia will not hold its main business showcase, the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), in June due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the head of its organizing committee said Thursday, according to Meduza. “With the aim of protecting the health of Russian citizens, guests and participants in the forum,...